Thibaut Courtois Quotes

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

Are you worried about pressure? I look at it this way: Pressure is having to do something you are not totally prepared to do.

I almost feel more anxious lately about, 'Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.'

When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

I thought that when you have more success that you'd feel more buoyed or feel more confident. But in fact my brain has the gift of switching it around and saying, 'Now people are expecting something. Now you're really going to let people down.'

I could never just play in a pub in front of four people because I would have had all the press turn up. That way, you don't get to build up naturally. It makes the work feel unnatural, and puts a lot of unnatural pressure on you.

A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.

Everybody has some part of their game that is easily influenced to choke.

I had more pressure when I competed in Moscow. I had no pressure in Montreal because I only went to do my routines and hoping I didn't mess it up when I was on the bar. When I came back, 10,000 people were at the airport and I thought, 'Why?' because, in my mind, I hadn't done anything different from what I used to do in my gym.

'Don't worry about it, and you'll be great,' said nobody, ever.

I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and fear is one of the big threats to any good performance, because it closes you down and makes it harder for you to produce life in front of the camera.

When you step out there on the field as a corner in our system, you have to be ready to play because humility is one week away.

It's not easy to play for Atletico. Talent is not enough, the bar is very high.

I gotta be able to beat good guys at any moment. I think that's what I'm taking.

By giving myself the freedom to lose, I actually began to play much better.

When I step up to that penalty spot, I know the consequences. They're the same whether I miss the first, second, third - or the 10th - it will be the same.

In the last two World Cups, I realised that when you put a lot of pressure on yourself, it does not work.

Pressure comes from being unprepared.

I think pressure exists in a situation only when you are unsure of your talent and people are expecting a lot from you due to your lineage.

Sometimes when people play for their country, I think there is that little bit of fear and pressure.

I would get mad if Kobe was like, 'I'm not going to shoot that much tonight.' No, no, no, that's your gift. The people want to see you do what you're going to do.

If I were Goldberg or Brock Lesnar, I wouldn't want to have to go on after me and Randy. From their standpoint, I wouldn't want to be them and have to go on after us.

There is nothing called pressure. I understand that there is expectation, but if there is any pressure, I don't feel it.

As a goalkeeper if you concede two goals at the end of the game you never can be happy.